Waikato District

Progression to Tertiary: Qualification Level

The tertiary education sector is a diverse sector. Its scope ranges from informal non-assessed community courses in schools through to formal undergraduate degrees and advanced research-based postgraduate degrees.

Progression to tertiary education is a measure of the level of tertiary education a student is enrolled in one, two or three years after leaving school.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while tertiary enrolment information is sourced from the tertiary databases SDR and ITR.

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Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 47 32
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 45 49 60
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 10 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 132 157 123
Female Total 216 263 221
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 16 16
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 53 63 82
Male Enrolled L1-L2 8 8 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 151 153 143
Male Total 230 240 248
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 28 9
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 44 34 62
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 9 13 9
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 192 201 161
Māori Total 263 276 241
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 2 1
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 10 10
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 33 17
Pacific Total 40 48 29
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 4 8
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 11 13
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 8 8
Asian Total 13 23 31
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x x
MELAA Total 10 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 37 32
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 49 71 84
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 7 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 118 121 135
European/Pākehā Total 200 236 253
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 50 63 48
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 98 112 142
Total Enrolled L1-L2 15 18 13
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 283 310 266
Total Total 446 503 469

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2020 2021 2022
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 33 55
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 33 44
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 118 143 153
Female Total 201 216 263
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 20 22
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 54 60
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 2 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 132 154 153
Male Total 219 230 240
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 16 29
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 50 37 45
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 12 7 15
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 161 203 187
Māori Total 244 263 276
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 5 3
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 6 11
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 29 32
Pacific Total 28 40 48
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 8 10
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 4 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 1 7
Asian Total 15 13 23
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 4 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 x
MELAA Total x 10 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 35 29 47
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 61 47 65
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 109 121 122
European/Pākehā Total 208 200 236
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 53 77
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 104 87 104
Total Enrolled L1-L2 13 9 16
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 250 297 306
Total Total 420 446 503

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.